Alagoas court sets a trial for April that will decide whether Globo will break up with Collor’s TV

The Alagoas Court scheduled the trial for April 10 that will decide whether Globo can break the contract with TV Gazeta, owned by former president Fernando Collor, an affiliate of the Rio broadcaster in Alagoas.

The partnership between the two vehicles has existed since 1975. Globo claimed that it did not want to renew the contract with TV Gazeta, highlighting the decision of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) that condemned Collor for passive corruption and money laundering, in a scheme in which he used the TV Gazeta to receive bribes. Globo already has a verbal agreement with TV Asa Branca to be the station’s new affiliate in Alagoas.

In November last year, TV Gazeta went to court asking Globo not to break the affiliation contract, on the grounds that, without financial support from the Rio broadcaster, it would not be able to pay debts established in its judicial recovery plan. Furthermore, without Globo’s money, there would be mass layoffs and the elimination of at least 209 of the company’s 279 jobs.

TV Gazeta even managed to obtain an injunction that forced Globo to renew its affiliation contract until 2028, but the decision was overturned at the beginning of January. By court decision, the broadcaster will keep Globo’s signal on the air until the case is judged in April.